Definitions for knottyˈnɒt i
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
knot•tyˈnɒt i(adj.)-ti•er, -ti•est.
having or full of knots.
involved, intricate, or difficult.
Origin of knotty:
1200–50
knot′ti•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough(adj)
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
"a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed(adj)
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
"gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous(adj)
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
knotty, snarled, snarly(adj)
tangled in knots or snarls
"a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
Wiktionary
knotty(Adjective)
Full of knots.
knotty pine
knotty(Adjective)
Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
a knotty problem
Webster Dictionary
Knotty(u)
full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope
Knotty(u)
hard; rugged; as, a knotty head
Knotty(u)
difficult; intricate; perplexed
Translations for knotty
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
knotty(adjective)
containing knots.
- knopperigAfrikaans

- مُعَقَّد، مَليء بالعُقَدArabic

- с възлиBulgarian

- com nósPortuguese (BR)

- uzlovitý; sukovitýCzech

- knotigGerman

- knudretDanish

- ροζιασμένοςGreek

- nudosoSpanish

- sõlmiline, okslikEstonian

- پر گرهFarsi

- solmuinenFinnish

- noueuxFrench

- מָלֵא קְשָרִיםHebrew

- गंठीला, गांठदारHindi

- čvornatCroatian

- csomósHungarian

- penuh bonggolIndonesian

- hnútóttur, hnÿttur; kvistótturIcelandic

- nodosoItalian

- 結び目のあるJapanese

- 매듭이 있는Korean

- su mazgaisLithuanian

- mezglains; zarainsLatvian

- bersimpul-simpulMalay

- vol knopenDutch

- med kvister/knuter; floketNorwegian

- sękatyPolish

- پر گرهPersian

- ډك له غوټو او بندونو نهPashto

- com nósPortuguese

- узловатыйRussian

- hrčavý; hrčovitýSlovak

- vozlastSlovenian

- čvornovatSerbian

- knutig, knölig, kvistigSwedish

- มีปมมากThai

- düğümlü, düğüm düğümTurkish

- 有結的Chinese (Trad.)

- вузлуватий; сучкуватийUkrainian

- گرہ دارUrdu

- nhiều nútVietnamese

- 有结的Chinese (Simp.)

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